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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1883
Page
2
The Evening Observer criticizes federal restraint on settlers and advocates harsh action against Apaches. It argues Indians are inherently dangerous and supports disarming and pursuing hostile bands on reservations. The piece links white settlement tensions to Indian presence and urges severe measures.
A reader from Dunkirk laments a surge of rowdy youths in alleys and streets, urges stronger policing, and suggests a police force as a remedy. The letter also touches on quince blight, root riling, and farm matters including sheep losses to dogs, mulching, and manure handling tools.
Correspondence from the Western New York Agricultural Association reports a lively tariff discussion led by speakers from Syracuse Charlotte Busti and Poland. The meeting elected officers J T Edwards Randolph president W F Scott Gerry secretary Newel Cheney Poland treasurer Flint Blanchard Millcreek and directors P L S Oakes Cattaraugus W B Martin Busti. The session approved two yearly meetings and October venue changes.
In a New York Ledger retelling, a wife’s nagging for risky speculation contrasts with a husband’s plea to stay true to “the good old way.” Their restrained frugality leads to beggary among friends while their own wealth remains illusory as misfortune befalls others. The fateful refrain repeats: we’ll stick to the good old way.
Panamanian supervisor J B Sessions will deliver the Decoration Day address in Sherman after the Sheffield post events. Mrs Mary White aged eighty six died at her daughter’s home in Brant on April 4th. Lemuel White husband of the deceased passed away three years ago. Stockton resident Alvabl Lazeli died Wednesday of consumption aged forty to fifty. Lazeli belonged to local social orders and held a position in the stadia aid society.
A faded advertisement touts Allan's Anti-Fat as a safe plant remedy for rapid weight loss. It cites numerous testimonials from customers in Providence, St. Louis, Boston, and Buffalo claiming losses from two to twenty-three pounds in weeks, with endorsements from wholesale druggists and doctors. The copy urges per bottle purchases and notes digestion benefits.
Fragmentary text mentions Cincinnati St Louis Detroit and Chicago with an 1882 date. References to Luxurione ipments and scientite alliances and coaching terms appear garbled. No coherent event or names beyond city list and year can be reliably extracted from the readable fragments.
An 1685 notice schedules travel from Dunkirk to Fredonia with multiple departure times and stops. It lists early morning and late afternoon trains, including 6:00 and 7:25 P.M. departures and a later return to Dunkirk.
Comprehensive OCR style timetable listing inbound trains from Dunkirk to Carrollton and Salamanca with multiple intermediate stops, noting daily operations, Sunday exceptions, and arrival times at Hornellsville and Salamanca. Includes westward trains from Erie corridor towns with varied stopping patterns and station lists.
Graveled timetable lists hasten mails arrival at 8:08 11:00 1:45 9:15 am and depart at 12:06 pm 7:20 pm westerns arrive at 5:00 am 1:30 pm 7:45 pm 10:30 am 7:00 pm southerns arrive 9:10 am 7:45 pm includes Fredonia arrivals and departures and stations along Pittsburgh Road with notes on Tues and various places and times
The New York Chicago and St Louis Railway reveals new passenger equipment improvements. The upgrades include faster service and more comfortable trains, with a timetable change effective January. Details on specific cars and amenities are provided in the forthcoming notice.
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